A place to be with God, with neighbors, and with creation.
St. Mark’s in Austin, Texas is building the first 3D printed church in the world.
Here’s why 3D printing and church building is an exciting combination: architectural possibility.
Simply put, when you’re 3D printing in concrete, you can build in shapes the world hasn’t seen before. And, we know that within the history of the discipline of architecture, every great flowering of a style, every dawning of a new architectural era has been because of the commissions of the church. We’re on the precipice of something new.
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Why Now?
Our facilities are reaching a crisis point. Leaking roofs and broken pews are what you see on the surface; it’s worse underneath. We have asbestos-layered-on-asbestos under every floor, and a foundation resting on old telephone poles that are rotting into the earth. The truth is that much of our campus was built by the men of the church on the weekends through the 60s and 70s, which, yes, contributed to establishing the wonderful, boot-strapping, even-keeled personality of our parish that endures to today, but it also produced a quality of construction that was never intended to last beyond a generation or two. We have known about these issues for decades, but we have always lacked the resources to get to the root of the problems–until now.
We don’t want to sell our property to solve it. We feel called to be the generation that secures the long-term future of St. Mark’s on this special piece of greenbelt, to honor those that have come before us, in service of those who will come long after. Like many homes in our area, research told us that renovation of our existing structures would be unpredictable and cost prohibitive; that it would be more wiser and affordable to start from scratch if we could do so. By grace, we are stewards of eight-acres, which gives us the space and freedom to do just that–to build a new St. Mark’s right here on our same campus.
Artistic inspiration, architectural precedent, theological intent.
A design narrative for the new St. Mark’s campus.
Building Committee
Current Central Building Committee
Brenda White
Jay Brown
T.J. Randolph
Heather Zdancewicz
Worship Space Team
Nathan Jennings
Ross Ponder
Mark Reed
Amanda Iglesias (Sacred Space Consultant)
Landscape Architecture Team
Michael Meigs
Al McKinney
Bill Kibler
Music/Acoustical Team
Mark Reed
Public Engagement Team
Lindsay Mullins
David Johns
Christian Llull
(Archived) Central Building Committee for Master Planning/Concept Design
Anna Bryan-Borja
Brenda White
Jay Brown
(Archived) Central Building Committee During Schematic Design:
Jimmy Wells (chair)
Brenda White
Joel Keifer
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